Sealing and air intake adjusting structure at air inlet of electronic vaporizer

ABSTRACT

The invention discloses a sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizer, comprising a base body provided on the electronic vaporizer, wherein the base body is provided with a charging socket; one end of the charging socket is located on the outer surface of the base body, and the other end thereof is located inside the base body; the base body is provided with a sealing element; the sealing element comprises a first end and a second end; the first end is located inside the base body; the air adjusting element is provided with a via hole adapted to the air inlet hole, and the air adjusting element moves in contact with the end surface of the second end to realize the gradual opening or closing of the air inlet hole.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic vaporizer, inparticular to a sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer.

2. Description of the Related Art

As a leisure product, electronic vaporizer are becoming more and moreaccepted by people.

The basic principle of electronic vaporizer is that the heating elementheats the e-liquid to produce smoke, which has a similar effect toexisting vaporizer. In this process, the heating element is in contactwith the e-liquid, which not only produces the heating and evaporationprocess, but also a part of the combustion process, especially theformula of part of the e-liquid, which must be ignited and burned toachieve the use effect. The combustion requires air to enter, so theadjustment of the air intake and the control of air tightness play animportant role in the improvement of product performance and theimprovement of experience. On the other hand, e-vaporizer imitate theuse process of vaporizer, and an air inlet needs to be set during thesucking process to achieve the use effect. At the same time, theadjustment of air intake and the control of air tightness play animportant role in improving the product experience.

The heating of the heating element in the electronic vaporizer is mostlyelectric heating, so the charging process will be involved when theproduct is in use, and the charging requires a charging socketstructure; while the arrangement of the charging socket will inevitablybe exposed in the overall structure of the product, which also causesthe problem of air leakage and becomes a structural defect in use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above defects in the prior art, the invention provides asealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet ofelectronic vaporizer to meet a better use effect. The solution is asfollows:

a sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet ofelectronic vaporizer, comprising a base body provided on the electronicvaporizer, wherein the base body is provided with a charging socket; oneend of the charging socket is located on the outer surface of the basebody, and the other end thereof is located inside the base body; thebase body is provided with a sealing element; the sealing elementcomprises a first end and a second end; the first end is located insidethe base body and is arranged along the contact point of the chargingsocket with the base body to achieve sealing; the second end extends tothe outer surface of the base body, and the second end is provided withan air inlet hole connecting the inside and outside of the base body;the outside of the base body is movably provided with an air adjustingelement; the air adjusting element is provided with a via hole adaptedto the air inlet hole, and the air adjusting element moves in contactwith the end surface of the second end to realize the gradual opening orclosing of the air inlet hole.

With the above technical solution, the base body is used to connect tothe electronic vaporizer and is an accessory structure, and a chargingsocket is provided thereon for charging. The charging socket isassembled with the base body as a whole, and a gap is inevitably formedat the contact point. Therefore, the first end of the sealing element isused to achieve sealing to avoid air leakage and solve the structuralproblems caused by it. The air inlet hole connects the inside andoutside of the base body and is a structure for special air inlet. Theair adjusting element is used to be fitted with the second end of thesealing element to adjust the air inlet size, specifically by adjustingthe degree of opening of the air inlet hole by sliding along the endsurface of the second end. The adjustment of the air inlet size is theeffect required by the product function, which helps to achieve a betteruser experience. The sealing element itself has a sealing effect, so thefitting arrangement of the air adjusting element has a sealing effect atthe contact point.

Further, the sealing element is made of polymer material.

Further, the sealing element is made of silica gel or rubber.

Further, the outer surface of the base body forms a circumferentialsurface; the second end is arranged on the circumferential surface andis in an arc shape coaxial with the circumferential surface, and theoutside of the circumferential surface is coaxially provided with aring-shaped component as the air adjusting element. The preferenceprovides a structure of a base body and an air adjusting element, andthe two can be controlled by rotating the air adjusting element tocontrol the degree of opening of the air inlet hole through thecooperation of the ring and the circumferential surface in the preferredsolution.

Further, the air inlet hole is a strip hole arranged along thecircumferential direction of the circumferential surface. In thepreferred embodiment, based on the structural characteristics of thecircumferential surface, the strip hole arrangement in the solution canbe combined with the arc of the rotating operation to change the degreeof opening of air inlet and provide a wider range of operation scales.

Further, the end surface of the second end is interfered with thecircumferential surface so that the inner wall of the air adjustingelement and the circumferential surface form a gap. In the preferredembodiment, by forming a gap, excessive contact between the airadjusting element and the base body is avoided, unnecessary interferenceand resistance are avoided, and the use effect is better.

Further, sliding grooves and sliding teeth that are slidably matchedwith each other are provided between the inner wall of the air adjustingelement and the circumferential surface; the sliding grooves arearranged coaxially along the circumferential surface. In the preferredembodiment, the rotation motion is limited within a certain range byproviding the sliding grooves and sliding teeth structure, which is alimit structure to optimize the effect of rotation control.

Further, the circumferential surface is provided with a groove, and thesealing element is embedded in the groove; the bottom of the groove andthe sealing element are provided with through holes corresponding toeach other to form the air inlet hole. In the preferred embodiment, agroove is provided to provide the sealing element, which improves thestability and sealing performance of the installation.

Further, the charging socket is a USB socket.

Further, a structurally adapted table surface is formed in the base bodyalong the outer periphery of the charging socket, and the first end isformed in a ring shape along the table surface. The setting stability ofthe sealing element and the charging socket is improved by providing thetable surface.

Advantageous effects: the invention is novel in concept, reasonable indesign, and easy to use. In the invention, the charging socket and theair inlet hole are sealed at the same time by providing the sealingelement, so that fewer parts are used, and the product assemblystructure can be more compact. At the same time, for the air inlet hole,it is directly arranged on the sealing element, and the air inlet holeis gradually adjusted through the movement of the air adjusting element.The air adjusting element directly fits with the sealing element, whichgreatly guarantees the sealing performance of the contact part, and theeffect is stable and good.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the air adjustingelement in an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sealing element inan embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the base body in anembodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following describes the invention in specific implementation processwith reference to the drawings and embodiments as a further preferreddescription:

With reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, a sealing and air intake adjustingstructure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizer, comprising a basebody 100 provided on the electronic vaporizer, wherein the base body 100is provided with a charging socket 200; one end of the charging socket200 is located on the outer surface of the base body 100, and the otherend thereof is located inside the base body 100. The base body 100 isprovided with a sealing element 300. As a preference from the materialdimension, based on the elasticity and air-tightness of polymermaterials, they can also be used through structural coordination. As acharacteristic of sealing objects, the sealing element 300 is made ofpolymer materials, especially silica gel or rubber in common polymermaterials, which has a good effect as a sealing component. As shown inFIG. 3, the sealing element 300 comprises a first end 310 and a secondend 320; the first end 310 is located inside the base body 100 and isarranged along the contact point of the charging socket 200 with thebase body 100 to achieve sealing; the second end 320 extends to theouter surface of the base body 100, and the second end 320 is providedwith an air inlet hole 400 connecting the inside and outside of the basebody 100; the outside of the base body 100 is movably provided with anair adjusting element 500; the air adjusting element 500 is providedwith a via hole 510 adapted to the air inlet hole 400, and the airadjusting element 500 moves in contact with the end surface of thesecond end 320 to realize the gradual opening or closing of the airinlet hole 400. The core idea of the invention is to airtight the airinlet position and the charging socket at the same time by providing asealing element 300; in order to meet this effect in structure, the twomust be close to each other in position, which improves the compactnessof the entire product. The air inlet hole 400 is directly arranged onthe sealing element 300, while the air inlet hole 400 is directlyadjusted. The sealing effect characteristics of the sealing element 300itself are directly utilized, and the air tightness around the air inlethole is greatly improved in structure, and the structure and air tighteffect are more stable. The principle is that the air adjusting element500 fits and slides on the end surface of the second end 320, and thestructure and movement of the air adjusting element 500 are not limited;for example, circular rotation may be used to close the air inlet hole400, or a sliding key may be used to move linearly to close the airinlet hole 400. In order to ensure the unimpeded air inlet, a via hole510 must be provided on the air adjusting element 500 to correspond toand fit the air inlet hole 400.

Regarding the specific structural form and mutual cooperation form ofthe base body 100 and the air adjusting element 500, as a furtherpreferred solution in the specific implementation process, the outersurface of the base body 100 forms a circumferential surface 110; thesecond end 320 is arranged on the circumferential surface 110 and is inan arc shape coaxial with the circumferential surface 110, and theoutside of the circumferential surface 110 is coaxially provided with aring-shaped component as the air adjusting element 500. This solution isa circular rotation type fit. On this basis, the solution is continuedto be optimized, further, the air inlet hole 400 is a strip holearranged along the circumferential direction of the circumferentialsurface 110. Further, the end surface of the second end 320 isinterfered with the circumferential surface 110 so that the inner wallof the air adjusting element 500 and the circumferential surface 110form a gap. Further, sliding grooves and sliding teeth that are slidablymatched with each other are provided between the inner wall of the airadjusting element 500 and the circumferential surface 110; the slidinggrooves are arranged coaxially along the circumferential surface 110. Asshown in FIG. 4, in specific implementation, the sliding grooves 130 arearranged on the circumferential surface 110, and the sliding teeth 520are arranged on the inner wall of the air adjusting element 500 toachieve mutual cooperation. It should be noted that, in order to improvethe stability of the structure, the sliding grooves 130 are twooppositely arranged. Based on the characteristics of this structure, bycontrolling the width of the sliding teeth 520 and the width of thesliding grooves 130, the range of rotation is controlled within acertain angle range. In specific implementation, the rotation anglerange is generally 20°-80°, of which 30°, 40°, 50° and 60° arepreferred. It should be noted that the angle here should be understoodas the angle at which the sliding teeth 520 rotate in the slidinggrooves 130, rather than the angle range on a specific 0° line.

As shown in FIG. 4, for the setting of the sealing element 300, as afurther preference, the circumferential surface 110 is provided with agroove 120, and the sealing element 300 is embedded in the groove 120;the bottom of the groove 120 and the sealing element 300 are providedwith through holes corresponding to each other to form the air inlethole 400. As shown in FIG. 4, the groove 120 is a sunken groove.

In specific implementation, in terms of application type, as a furtherpreference, the charging socket 200 is a USB socket.

In specific implementation, in terms of structure type, as a furtherpreference, a structurally adapted table surface is formed in the basebody 100 along the outer periphery of the charging socket 200, and thefirst end 310 is formed in a ring shape along the table surface.

The preferred embodiments of the invention are described in detailhereinabove. It should be understood that those of ordinary skill in theart can make many modifications and variations according to the conceptof the invention without creative efforts. Therefore, all technicalsolutions that can be obtained by those skilled in the art throughlogical analysis, reasoning or limited experiments based on the conceptof the invention on the basis of the prior art shall all fall within theprotection scope defined by the claims.

1. A sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet ofelectronic vaporizer, comprising a base body (100) provided on theelectronic vaporizer, wherein the base body (100) is provided with acharging socket (200); one end of the charging socket (200) is locatedon the outer surface of the base body (100), and the other end thereofis located inside the base body (100); the base body (100) is providedwith a sealing element (300); the sealing element (300) comprises afirst end (310) and a second end (320); the first end (310) is locatedinside the base body (100) and is arranged along the contact point ofthe charging socket (200) with the base body (100) to achieve sealing;the second end (320) extends to the outer surface of the base body(100), and the second end (320) is provided with an air inlet hole (400)connecting the inside and outside of the base body (100); the outside ofthe base body (100) is movably provided with an air adjusting element(500); the air adjusting element (500) is provided with a via hole (510)adapted to the air inlet hole (400), and the air adjusting element (500)moves in contact with the end surface of the second end (320) to realizethe gradual opening or closing of the air inlet hole (400).
 2. Thesealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet ofelectronic vaporizer according to claim 1, wherein the sealing element(300) is made of polymer material.
 3. The sealing and air intakeadjusting structure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizer accordingto claim 1, wherein the sealing element (300) is made of silica gel orrubber.
 4. The sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer according to claim 1, wherein the outersurface of the base body (100) forms a circumferential surface (110);the second end (320) is arranged on the circumferential surface (110)and is in an arc shape coaxial with the circumferential surface (110),and the outside of the circumferential surface (110) is coaxiallyprovided with a ring-shaped component as the air adjusting element(500).
 5. The sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer according to claim 2, wherein the outersurface of the base body (100) forms a circumferential surface (110);the second end (320) is arranged on the circumferential surface (110)and is in an arc shape coaxial with the circumferential surface (110),and the outside of the circumferential surface (110) is coaxiallyprovided with a ring-shaped component as the air adjusting element(500).
 6. The sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer according to claim 3, wherein the outersurface of the base body (100) forms a circumferential surface (110);the second end (320) is arranged on the circumferential surface (110)and is in an arc shape coaxial with the circumferential surface (110),and the outside of the circumferential surface (110) is coaxiallyprovided with a ring-shaped component as the air adjusting element(500).
 7. The sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer according to claim 4, wherein the airinlet hole (400) is a strip hole arranged along the circumferentialdirection of the circumferential surface (110).
 8. The sealing and airintake adjusting structure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizeraccording to claim 4, wherein the end surface of the second end (320) isinterfered with the circumferential surface (110) so that the inner wallof the air adjusting element (500) and the circumferential surface (110)form a gap.
 9. The sealing and air intake adjusting structure at the airinlet of electronic vaporizer according to claim 4, wherein slidinggrooves and sliding teeth that are slidably matched with each other areprovided between the inner wall of the air adjusting element (500) andthe circumferential surface (110); the sliding grooves are arrangedcoaxially along the circumferential surface (110).
 10. The sealing andair intake adjusting structure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizeraccording to claim 4, wherein the circumferential surface (110) isprovided with a groove (120), and the sealing element (300) is embeddedin the groove (120); the bottom of the groove (120) and the sealingelement (300) are provided with through holes corresponding to eachother to form the air inlet hole (400).
 11. The sealing and air intakeadjusting structure at the air inlet of electronic vaporizer accordingto claim 1, wherein the charging socket (200) is a USB socket.
 12. Thesealing and air intake adjusting structure at the air inlet ofelectronic vaporizer according to claim 11, wherein a structurallyadapted table surface is formed in the base body (100) along the outerperiphery of the charging socket (200), and the first end (310) isformed in a ring shape along the table surface.